This beautiful book is a reminder that hope can nest in unexpected surroundings.

[The] master of the long-form comics… This is a picture book of an odd and eerie beauty.

[It] makes an eloquent case for what comics can say by refusing to say anything, at least with language… Obviously beautiful… The story is elegantly expressed by the form… I can’t think of many non-graphic novels published this year that match the emotional force and formal deftness of [Cormorance].

Fantastic… A bereavement for a child must be utterly devastating, confusing and forever haunting, and I think Nick approaches this subject in a very clever and thoughtful way… The momentum pulls you through the narrative, leading you to fantastic pull-out spreads of natural wonder.

Sumner’s wondrous art is a perfect visual correlative to Wyld’s spare lyricism.

A lovely, complex, elegiac book.

The perfect marriage of sparse but beautiful prose with elegant and effective imagery.

Wyld … uses her signature oblique style to excellent effect in conjuring up a child’s world of everyday nightmares.

If you have never read a graphic novel before, this powerful and moving example is the perfect place to start.

Poignant and rather perfect.

Sumner’s illustrations are an evocative accompaniment to this melancholy, funny, moving tale.

Lyrically written, […] Sumner’s artwork complements Wyld’s restrained style beautifully.

Here’s hoping Father Christmas is an Observer reader and buys it for me.

A testament to the mind of a child and how it survives the world around it and a remarkable comic book in tapping into that transformative experience.

Communicates elaborate ideas in deceptively simple ways

Wonderful graphic novel.

The storyline is exciting and well thought out to give a wide overview of the suffrage movement. I was very pleasantly surprised.

A seamless blend of historical fact and fiction ... The illustrations are full of energy and expression.